χειρουργέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">do with the hand, execute</b>, διακονήσασα καὶ χειρουργήσασα <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.20</span>; esp. of <b class="b2">acts of violence</b>, νεανίσκοι, οἷς ἐχρῶντο εἴ τί που δέοι χειρουργεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.8.69</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.117</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">make by hand, build</b>, οἰκοδομίαν <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>3.24</span>:—Pass., πολλὰ γυμνάσια ἐκεχειρούργητο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>117c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">use as material, work in</b>, <b class="b3">ἐλέφαντα</b> cj. in <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>17.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[practise]] an art, esp. of music, ᾄδοντές τε καὶ χειρουργοῦντες <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1340b20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1342a3</span>, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>26</span>; <b class="b2">produce by art</b>, of hatching eggs by artificial means, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.74</span>:— Pass., [[to be highly cultivated]], of vines, ὑπὸ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ἐμπειρίας <span class="bibl">Id.3.62</span>; <b class="b2">to be dressed</b>, of meats, <span class="bibl">Megasth.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of surgeons, [[operate]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Flat.</span>1</span>, Plu.2.71a, Gal.2.228: c. acc., [[operate upon]], <span class="bibl">Sor. 1.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Artem.4.2</span>:—Pass., ὁ χειρουργηθεὶς ἄνθρωπος Gal.10.943. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> sens. obsc., <span class="bibl">D.L.6.46</span>.</span>